Guide-card.



H. 0. JENKINS.

GUIDE CARD.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 1916.

1,215,542. Patented Feb. 13, 1917.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD O. JENKINS, OF LOSANGEI ES, CALIFORNIA.

GUIDE-CARD] Application filed: February 3, 1916.

To all 'whomz't may concern:

Beit known that I, Hownnn O. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles, State of California, have invented newand useful Improvements. in Guide-Cards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates, to guide cards such as are used in vertical filing systems; and the invention has for its object the provision of a simple and efiicient means for reinforcing the part of the guide card which engages with the guide rod, to provide for" strength and wearing qualities in the guide card, and to reduce the cost of manufacture.

A preferred form of my invention is explained in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which Figurel is a face view showing my complete guide card, Fig. 2 is an enlarged face view of the lower part of the same, Fig. 3 is a reverse view of the same part, Fig. l is an enlarged section taken on line H of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is an enlarged section taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

In the drawings the numeral 10 designates the body of the guide card, usually made of heavy paper, card board or the like. It has heretofore been the practice to provide a downwardly extending tongue on the lower edge of the card, and to perforate that tongue for passage of the guide rod. I cut my card with a plain'bottom edge, without any projecting tongue. I provide a reinforcing sheet of thin metal, as shown at 11, this sheet of metal being cut to the configuration shown and having its major portion overlapping the card 10, being secured to the card by small clenchers 12 integral with the metal sheet, which clenchers pass through the card and are clenched on, the opposite side. As many clenchers are used as are necessary to hold the reinforcing sheet flatly against the card so as to prevent the card being bent away from the reinforcing piece.

The reinforcingpiece itself has a downwardly projecting part or tongue l1 which has an aperture 15; said aperture being mostly in the tongue butprojecting-up somewhat into the body of the reinforcing piece.

The lower edge of the card is notched at 16 to clear the opening 15. The metal around the edge of the opening 15 is turned back, to form a bead as shown at 17, to form a smooth reinforced edge which will run smoothly on the guide rod. The edges of Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentediF'eb. 1.3, 1917'.

SerialNo. 76,046.-

athinner sheet of metal to be used than.

would be otherwise possible. The lower edges of the body portion of the metal reinforcing piece at each side of the tongue are bentunder andup behind the lower edge of card. 10,-as shown at 20, making a smooth rounded edge of metal to run on the base boards of the filing cabinet, besides holding thel metal closely to the edge parts of the car a It is a feature of my invention that a very simple, strong and durable device is provided at a minimum cost. The paper card is amply reinforced at the points where rupture usually occurs. The reinforcing metal may be made in any size and shape desired, depending upon how large a part of the card it is desired to cover with the metal 11.

Having described my invention, I claim: 1. A filing card, embodying a paper body having a substantially straight lower edge, a thin sheet metal reinforcing member having a body portion secured to the paper body and having its lower edge turned under and around the lower edge of the paper body and pressed against the back face of the paper body, the metal reinforcing sheet having an apertured tongue projecting beyond its edge and the edge of the paper body, the edge of the sheet metal of said tongue being bent back upon itself to form a reinforcing bead around the complete edge of the tongue, and the edge of the sheet metal forming said tongue being also bent back upon itself to form a reinforcing bead around the complete edge of the aperture. 2. A filing card, embodying a paper body having a substantially straight lower edge, a thin sheet metal reinforcing member having a body portion secured flatly to the paper body, the lower edge of the reinforcing sheet body portion being substantially on a line with the lower edge of the paper body, and a central perforated tongue integral with the body of reinforcing sheet metal projecting from its lower edge, the lower edge of the reinforcing body at each side of the tongue being turned under and behind the lower edge of the paper body to secure the lower edges together and provide a smooth rounded metal surface at the lower edge on each side of the tongue.

3. A filing card, embodying a paper body having a substantially straight lower edge, a thin sheet metal reinforcing member having a body portion secured flatly to the paper body, the lower edge of the reinforcing sheet body portion being substantially on a line with the lower edge of the paper body, and a central perforated tongue integral with the body of reinforcing sheet metal projecting from its lower edge, the lower edge of the reinforcing body at each side of the tongue being turned under and behind the lower edge of the paper body to secure the lower edges together and provide a smooth rounded metal surface at the lower edge on each side of the tongue, the metal of the tongue being turned back on itself around the complete edge of the tongue to reinforce that edge and around the complete edge of the perforation to reinforce that edge and provide a smooth rounded metal surface at that edge.

4:. A filing card, embodying a paper body, a thin sheet metal reinforcing member having a body portion secured flatly to the paper body, the lower edge of said body portion being turned under and behind the lower edge of the paper body to secure the lower edgw together and form a smooth metal surface, and a central perforated tongue integral with and projecting downwardly from the sheet metal body portion beyond its lower edge.

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 27th day of January, 1916.

HOWARD O. JENKINS.

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